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Volume : 8 Issue : 6 June 2011 Price : Rs. 3.00 Chairman’s Message From The Editor’s Desk Dr. T. Thyagarajan H.R. Mohan [email protected] [email protected] Esteemed Members, Dear Friends, I am happy to inform you that, by the IEEE MAS LINK is pleased to share the happy Grace of GOD and with YOUR GOOD news that our Madras Section has won the R10 WISHES, the R10 has selected MADRAS DISTINGUISHED LARGE SECTION AWARD. The chairman’s message deals in detail about this award. SECTION for the R10 DISTINGUISHED LARGE SECTION AWARD for the year 2010. Dr. G. V. Rao, one of our senior members, has It is the first time that our Madras Section is outlined the procedure for becoming a Senior Member receiving such recognition from HQ. (SM) and also on how to nominate our members for IEEE Fellowship. Section of our size should have more The IEEE Region 10, also referred to as the Asia Pacific Region, SMs and few more Fellows. Members may please note and act accordingly. comprises of 57 Sections, 6 Councils, 21 Sub-sections, 500+ Chapters Our Section is planning to revamp the current website and go in for and 583 student branches. The selection for the award was based on the a Content Management System to facilitate collaborative and interactive performance summarized in the 2010 Annual Report submitted by all website. Over a period, the society chapters and student branches will able to the sections in the region 10 which included India, China, South East update the website with their activities without any constraints in page limit Asia, Australia and Newzeland. of the existing print communication – MAS LINK. We may become paperless The Award Certificate along with a cash bonus of US $ 1,000 and this will substantially reduce our printing cost thereby more funds may will be presented to us at the 2012-R10 Annual Meeting to be held be made available for activities. early next year. This recognition is based on the activities carried out In this context, from this month, SB activities are being published in by the Section, Societies, Student Branches, Affinity Groups with the an abridged form in print with links to the detailed reports posted on the direction & dedicated involvement of the executive committee members; Net. Proceedings of the workshops, conferences and announcements will encouragement from all the IEEE members of Madras Section and with however be included in detail in the print version of the newsletter. the support from the section office staff & all the other well wishers. This month, along with a brief review of the book “Microwave Engineering”, we have published 19 activity reports ranging from guest It is very apt to recall some of the earlier awards received from lectures, workshops, conferences organized by the following institutions: the HQ by the IEEE Madras Section members. o Anna University of Technology – Madurai – Inauguration of the Dr G. V. Rao Student Branch & a Guest Lecture o Outstanding Chapter Engineer Award from the IEEE-PES- o Amrita School of Engineering – Poster Design Competition & 2001 Workshop on “Programming with Python” o Certificate of Appreciation from PES for three years: 2004, o Aarupadai Veedu Inst. of Tech – Collaborative Projects on Open 2005, 2006 Source Technology o Thiagarajar College of Engineering – Managerial Contest, Techuthsav, Small Chapter Award from PES-2001 o Hardware Contest, IEEE Quiz & Valedictory of the SB activities o Membership Development Award from IAS-2010. o Intl. Conf. on “Electronics Computer Technology” held at Dr. Suresh ChadraPal Marthandam College of Engg o Hindustan Unversity – Natl. Conf. on “Communication, Networks o Certificate of Appreciation for the valued services and and Sensor Technology” & Natl. Conf. on “Energy, Systems and contributions towards the IEEE ComSoc’s India Road Show Control” 2007 o Anand Inst. of Higher Tech – Natl. Conf. on “Power Quality and Mr K. V. Rupchand Power Conversion System” o IEEE PES High Performance Chapter Award-2010 o Sri Muthukumaran Inst. of Tech — Workshops on “Importance of IEEE in an Engineer’s Life” & “Stress Management” Dr. S. Salivahanan o Velammal Engg College – Natl. Conf. on “Innovative Techniques in o IEEE Certificate of Appreciation for active participation in Power Engineering” organizing R-10 student congress at SSN-2008 o Membership Drive at Sri Krishna College of Engg Tech Dr. T. Thyagarajan The Section and some of the Society Chapters are supporting events o IEEE Certificate of Appreciation for active participation in such as ReSYM-11, IAMA-2011, ICEGT-2011. They are listed in the organizing R-10 student congress at SSN-2008 Forthcoming Events column along with announcements on INDICON- 2011 at Hyderabad and a National Level Mock Interview at SMIT. We contd..... page 2 request our members to actively participate in them. 1 IEEE-MAS Link Volume : 8 Issue : 6 June 2011 Activities at Anna University of Technology Madurai Inauguration of IEEE Student Branch knowledge by associating with the organizations Guest Lecture on “Recent Trends in at Anna University of Technology Madurai. like IEEE. Ms. K. Akilandeswari, Chairman of Renewable Energy and Government Support” The IEEE Student branch of Anna University of Technology Madurai organized a guest lecture on “Recent Trends in Renewable Energy and Government Support” on National Technology Day - 11th May 2011. IEEE Student Branch Secretary Mr.A.Shanmuganathan welcomed the gathering. Dr. E. B. Perumal Pillai, Registrar, in his presidential address focused the views on the celebration of National Technology. Mr. B. Vasudevan, Vice Chairman, IEEE Student Branch introduced the Chief Guest, Er. S. E. S. Syed Ahamed, Deputy General Manager, Tamilnadu Energy The inauguration of IEEE Student Branch IEEE SB introduced the Chief Guest Major. V. Development Agency, Madurai who spoke on of Anna University of Technology Madurai took V. Chandrasekharan, Chairman, Student the emerging trends in renewable energy like th place on 5 April 2011 at the Seminar Hall of Activities & Treasurer, IEEE Madras Section nuclear, wind, photovoltaic and solar power. Anna University of Technology Madurai. About who spoke about the scope and activities of The speaker concluded his lecture by explaining 60 participated in the inaugural function of which IEEE and emphasized that all students should about the Government support rendered 17 were IEEE members. The Director Academic come forward to become members in IEEE, an through the Ministry of New and Renewable Courses and Dean, Dr. V. Malathi welcomed Energy (MNRE) in generating power from International organisation. He then distributed the gathering. Honourable Vice Chancellor Dr. renewable energy sources. R. Murugesan, in his presidential address, the IEEE membership cards to the members of stressed that the students should enhance their IEEE Student Branch. Detailed Report at: http://goo.gl/Q38xW Activities at Amrita School of Engineering python”, “real-time applications of python”, “basics of python”, “functional programming”, Poster design competition using Photoshop One Day workshop on “Programming with “database programming” and so on. software Python” These events were mentored by Prof. K. Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Gangadharan, Chairman-IT and organized by Coimbatore IEEE student branch organized a Coimbatore IEEE student branch organized a Mr. C. Arunkumar, Student Branch Counsellor two hour poster design contest using Adobe one day workshop on “Programming with of IEEE, Amrita with the support of SB Photoshop on 1st April 2011Around 30 students Python” on April 6th, 2011. The workshop members participated in the contest. Some random was conducted by Mr. Srinivasan Detailed report at: http://goo.gl/BtgxE photographs were given to the contestants and Lakshminarayanan - a trainer and consultant using these pictures they had to design a creative The topics covered include “why python”, Report by: C. Arunkumar, poster with a suitable caption for the poster. “advantages of python”, “companies using [email protected] Chairman’s Message continued.... o IEEE MGA Achievement Award- 2009 Mr H. R. Mohan Section Membership as on o IEEE Foundation Grant Award 15th June 2011 o Certificate of Appreciation from winner (US$13450)-2009 IEEE Computer Society consecutively o IEEE Outstanding Humanitarian Life Fellow - 2 for 3 years (2007, 2008 & 2009) Award -2009 Fellow - 1 Prof. Ramlatha o IEEE People Choice Award-2009 Life Senior - 7 o MGA Achievement Award -2008. o Certificate of Appreciation from the Senior Member - 82 IEEE President for developing world o EEE WIE Honorable Mention for the Life Member - 5 changing technology ISHHS-2010 Affinity Group of the Year Award Member - 1256 2007, 2008. In the May 2011 newsletter, I furnished Associate - 99 a comprehensive list of various awards o IEEE outstanding Branch Counselor Affliate - 30 Award 2008 constituted by IEEE. I request the esteemed members to make use of the information and Graduate Student Member - 1098 Mr Sampath Veeraraghavan add more feathers to the IEEE Madras Section. Student Member - 5022 o IEEE RAB GOLD Achievement Award in recognition of Leadership.- Affectionate colleague Total - 7,602 2007 Dr. T. Thyagarajan 2 IEEE-MAS Link Volume : 8 Issue : 6 June 2011 Collaborative Projects on Open Source Technology at AVIT and Development of Open Source Technology. Dept. of IT and CSS Corp officials have finalized The MOU was signed by Dr A.S.Ganesan, Vice the projects on Open Source Technology Chairman, Vinayaka Missions University and deployed with “Asterisk”, most powerful and Mr. Om Prakash, Vice President-CSS Corp efficient telephony development toolkit and recently. formed eight student member teams and assigned Based on the MoU, Dr. (Mrs.) N. R. the projects. The student member teams were Alamelu, Principal,AVIT motivated to carry out given guidance by Dr .A. Anthony Irudhayaraj, more innovative projects and to establish the Dean- Dept of IT, Mr. C. Karthikeyan, HeOD, high end Open Source Technology Lab in the IT, Mr. S.